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Tournament Report: Top 16 Sensha_Zenshin JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a video version? Take a listen on the YouTube Channel or watch in the viewer below! Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Sensha_Zenshin has been playing Weiss Schwarz for nine years. He started with English Sword Art Online while playing with the Illiana Weiss Schwarz Gang Group. Sensha_Zenshin mainly plays sets from IPs (Intellectual Properties) he likes such as SAO, ONK, GGO, LRC, and HOL. He started playing more competitively in 2017 an
Melanie Lynette
Dec 26 min read


Tournament Report: Rinhime Top 8 JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a video version? Take a listen on the YouTube Channel or watch in the viewer below! Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Rinhime played some Magic back in the mid 90’s (yay Ice Age), but stopped after a couple years. Rinhime got into Weiss cause he recognized it from Megami Magazine when Sword Art Online Set 1 came out in English and he’s been playing ever since. Rinhime’s first Japanese set was the 1st Love Live! set cause he didn't think
Melanie Lynette
Dec 15 min read


Tournament Report: 3rd Place JP NA WGP 25/26 lyanne!
Prefer a video version? Take a listen on the YouTube Channel or watch in the viewer below! Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Lyanne! also has a break down of her 3rd Place deck here on YouTube! Be sure to check it out! Lyanne! first started playing back in 2019, but that was just when she and a friend in high school study hall were putting trial decks against each other. Lyanne! also played at nearby anime conventions that hosted Weiss tournam
Melanie Lynette
Nov 299 min read


Tournament Report: Top 16 jdkoren JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Melanie Lynette (ML): How did you get into TCGs and specifically Weiss Schwarz as a game? jdkoren (JDK): I started playing TCGs in the late 90's. I briefly played Pokémon, then switched to Magic and have played on and off since (now I mostly collect it). As for Weiss, during Covid I started collecting Prisma Illya SPs without even knowing what game they were from. I had seen the cards in shops in Japan prior t
Melanie Lynette
Nov 275 min read


Tournament Report: Top 16 DarkFuzz JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! DarkFuzz has been playing Weiss Schwarz for about 4 years now, and much to the chagrin of certain people, he is an Idolm@ster one trick. The Idolm@ster is his favorite franchise of all time, and he spends a massive amount of time playing Idolm@ster Weiss decks (unless he’s literally forced to play something else like in EN). DarkFuzz doesn't have any official tournament tops to his name yet. Probably the most p
Melanie Lynette
Nov 2712 min read


Tournament Report: Top 16 Trey B. JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a video version? Take a listen on the YouTube Channel or watch in the viewer below! Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Trey has an amazing video breaking down his journey through the Fairy Tail set here on YouTube on his channel! Please give it a watch before or after the interview to gain some more insight. Trey has been playing Weiss Schwarz since 2012. He took a break from playing from 2019-2021, but otherwise has been playing the gam
Melanie Lynette
Nov 275 min read


Tournament Report: Champion of the JP NA WGP 25/26
Prefer a video version? Take a listen on the YouTube Channel or watch in the viewer below! Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! The release of Mob Psycho 100 got Tyler into the game and he started playing via webcam during the dark ages since January 2021. He mainly plays English, but has participated in WGP in 2022 and 2025. Prior Top Results include: WGP Nationals 2022 (online) Top 16; BCS Toronto 2022 Top 8; BCS Costa Rica 2023 3rd Place; BCS
Melanie Lynette
Nov 205 min read


Tournament Report: Runner-Up of the BCS 25/26 Chicago (Rosemont), IL
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Bill has been playing Weiss for about 4 and a half years, since stores started opening back up in 2021 after the pandemic. He plays a mix of both EN and JP formats. Bill has had a handful of top cuts at BCS over the past few years, including a Top 8 in Rosemont 2 years ago, a Top 8 in Houston, and a Top 16 in Rosemont last year. Now onto the interview! Melanie Lynette (ML): How did the event go for you? Was t
Melanie Lynette
Oct 137 min read


Tournament Report: Top 8 (7th Overall) of the BCS 25/26 Chicago (Rosemont), IL
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Brandon Price, Top 8 (7th Overall) BCS Chicago (Rosemont), IL 25/26 Brandon has been playing Weiss Schwarz since this past late July when he was introduced to the game by his playgroup at Nu Yeer Games. He and his buddies were talking after a Union Arena local event and showed him the IP (Intellectual Property) list for the game. Brandon saw Rurouni Kenshin and immediately ordered 10 boxes. He picked up the gam
Melanie Lynette
Oct 103 min read


Tournament Report: Top 16 (14th Overall) of the BCS 25/26 Chicago (Rosemont), IL
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Corey has been playing Weiss Schwarz since this summer, and was experiencing burnout from YuGiOh. A friend convinced him to try Weiss Schwarz by telling him “Hey! We just got "Rurouni Kenshin" and "The Eminence in Shadow" coming out soon.” which was more than enough to get him to try out the game. "I've been playing locals at Paul’s Gamerzone and The Warp Gate in Ohio, and the community is so awesome. We had a
Melanie Lynette
Oct 94 min read


Tournament Report: Champion of the BCS 25/26 Chicago (Rosemont), IL
Prefer a slide show version? Click here or use the viewer below! Carmen is a well known competitive Weiss player with multiple tops in both English and Japanese Weiss Schwarz in North America. He has been playing the game since 2018, won 1st place in the JP WGP Nationals in 2019, and took 1st place last season in BCS Houston with TSK (That Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime). Be sure to check out his content at PGH_Weiss Schwarz on YouTube and his Blog . Now onto the inter
Melanie Lynette
Oct 97 min read


Ohio Double Header Weekend! JP WGP 2025 Tournament Report
Melanie Lynette- Level 4 Weiss Schwarz Good evening from the Ohio Weiss Schwarz Group! This is Melanie Lynette here with a tournament report summary for our Double Header JP WGP 2025 Regional events held at Paul’s Gamerzone and The Warp Gate. It was a fun weekend filled with some JP decks and very strong players! Paul’s Gamerzone: Saturday, September 27th, 2025 We had a small but mighty group of 9 players who battled it out for 2 WGP Invites to JP Nationals in Rochester, NY i
Melanie Lynette
Sep 302 min read


Summer Soulstice 2025: +2 Soulstice: Tournament Report
Summer Soulstice +2 Soul 2025 Tournament Report Good evening from the Ohio Weiss Schwarz Group! This is Melanie Lynette here with a tournament report summary of the amazing sequel “Summer Soulstice 2025: +2 Soulstice”. It was an amazing Weiss packed weekend with 77 players from 1 different country and 13 other states across 3 tournament events. It was wonderful to get the chance to meet and interact with so many amazing players! We all hope you had an amazing weekend! Travel
Melanie Lynette
Aug 314 min read
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